Commission possible from Jackery, BLUETTI, and Anker SOLIX links. Same price to you. Disclosure

Silo 4 · Portable solar panels

Portable panels refill a station in daylight. They are not a roof, a net meter, or a set-and-forget plant.

Fold-out kits that plug into a power station. You aim them. Clouds cut yield. Open-circuit voltage can kill a charge controller if you ignore the station’s window.

Updated August 26, 2026 · The Home Backup · thehomebackup.com

Pair of folding portable solar panels on a kickstand on a wet driveway with autumn leaves, house in the background. — Driveway mood scene. Named SKUs below are official manufacturer photographs. Match Voc to the station. Rooftop solar is out of scope.

A driveway is the honest workplace for this product. You unfold, you kickstand, you rotate a couple of times, you fold before hail. That is not a rail-and-inverter roof. It is also not a briefcase we can show as a named SKU — we do not have an official briefcase photograph in the catalog, so we describe that format on its own page without inventing a model.

This silo exists because a power station is a tank. Daytime sun is one way to refill it when the wall outlet is dead. Overnight outages do not care how many watts the blanket says. Multi-day grid-down in decent sun is the job. Theft, wind, and Voc mistakes are how the job fails.

Named folding SKUs

Three panels, three brands, official photos. Specs dated August 26, 2026. Voc is blank on the SolarSaga 200W and the PS400 because manufacturer pages conflicted or were unclear — we did not invent a voltage. The SP200L lists 24.6 V Voc. IP is blank on the SP200L for the same honesty rule; Jackery lists IP68 on the SolarSaga, Anker lists IP67 on the PS400.

Jackery

SolarSaga 200W

Matched cable into a Jackery station. Unfold, aim, fold before hail.

Nameplate: 200 W
Weight: 14.33 lb
Rating: IP68

$379 ~~$429~~

Street price on the manufacturer page, August 26, 2026. Sales move.

See SolarSaga price

BLUETTI

200W Portable Solar Panel

MC4 into a BLUETTI input. Check Voc against the station before you series-wire.

Nameplate: 200 W
Voc: 24.6 V
Weight: 17.15 lb

$399

Street price on the manufacturer page, August 26, 2026. Sales move.

See BLUETTI panel price

Anker SOLIX

PS400

Twice the nameplate of the 200 W folders. Confirm the station’s solar window first.

Nameplate: 400 W
Weight: 35.3 lb
Rating: IP67

$699.99

Street price on the manufacturer page, August 26, 2026. Sales move.

See PS400 price

Photos are official manufacturer product shots. Specs and street prices from the linked product pages, August 26, 2026. Blank cells were not stated clearly on those pages.

Portable panels — manufacturer pages, August 26, 2026. Em dash means the spec was not clearly listed.
SKU	Watts	Voc	Weight	IP	Street price	Buy
Jackery SolarSaga 200W	200 W	—	14.33 lb	IP68	$379	See SolarSaga price
BLUETTI 200W Portable Solar Panel (SP200L)	200 W	24.6 V	17.15 lb	—	$399	See BLUETTI panel price
Anker SOLIX PS400	400 W	—	35.3 lb	IP67	$699.99	See PS400 price

Stay in-family when you can: SolarSaga into Jackery, SP200L into BLUETTI, PS400 into Anker SOLIX. Hops: Jackery, BLUETTI, Anker SOLIX. Same price to you. Disclosure.

The two 200 W folders are the default pair for ~2 kWh stations. Jackery SolarSaga 200W: 14.33 lb, $379 (was $429). BLUETTI 200W Portable Solar Panel (SP200L): 17.15 lb, $399. The Anker SOLIX PS400 is the 400 W nameplate at 35.3 lb and $699.99 — twice the sticker watts, and a carry you will feel in the wrists. Confirm the station’s solar watt and Voc window before you assume 400 W is a gift.

Who this silo is for

You already have, or will buy, a power station and need daytime recharge.
You can aim panels and live with clouds cutting yield roughly in half.
You will read Voc against the station’s solar input maximum, with margin for cold sun.
You have a driveway, yard, or south wall that is not a theft magnet.

Who should skip it

You want set-and-forget production. That is rooftop, out of scope.
Outages are four hours at night. Buy watt-hours, not glass.
Your station’s input is tiny and you were about to series-wire random blankets.
You have nowhere to unfold 200–400 W that you can watch.

How to use a driveway array without fooling yourself

Nameplate watts are a lab number at a defined irradiance and temperature. A wet autumn driveway with leaves and a low sun is not that lab. Partial shade on one cell can crater a string. Kickstands blow over. A window-through-glass charge is a demo. Plan on well under nameplate in winter and haze.

Check Voc before any series jumper.
Fold before hail and before you leave the house.
Do not leave four figures of panel as lawn art.
Match the cable family to the station you already chose.

Buy the station job first — fridge surge, 120 vs 240 — then size panels to recharge, not the reverse.
Read the solar input window on the station (watts, Voc, sometimes Isc).
Pick a named in-family panel from the cards above.
Weigh the carry. 14–17 lb is a folder. 35.3 lb is a project.

Honest caveats

We do not feature unbranded 400 W blankets that over-Voc a Jackery input. EcoFlow panels exist; they are not featured partners (7-day cookie). We have not invented briefcase SKUs to fill a photo hole. Method: how we review.

Pages in this silo

Best portable solar panels — folding kits matched to stations, with a Voc warning.
Folding vs briefcase — format, not a third best-of.
Portable solar panel buying guide — Voc, sun, weight, theft, series vs parallel.
Jackery SolarSaga 200W review
BLUETTI SP200L review
Anker SOLIX PS400 review — 35.3 lb, 400 W nameplate.

Station pairing starts at portable power stations. Home-battery recharge is a supporting role, not a roof substitute — home batteries.